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A report released today in Geneva says Nigeria, Rwanda, and Democratic Republic of Congo DRC have seen the largest increases in malaria cases, jeopardizing the gains recorded since 2000. The Roll Back Malaria Partnership, which released the report, said unprecedented global...

Malaria vaccine trial is expected to be conducted in the country in July, 2018 in a pilot phase. National Malaria Control Programme Manager, Dr Michael Kayange disclosed this Friday in Lilongwe during a press briefing as part of the commemoration of Malaria SADC week and Malaria...

The House of Representatives has urged the National Malaria Control Programme (NMCP) to take urgent steps in controlling malaria epidemic in Kano State. This is as it said the programme should be aimed towards taking proactive measures in order to be better prepared and bring...

Using genetically modified (GM) mosquitoes to reduce or prevent the spread of infectious diseases is a new but rapidly expanding field of investigation. Among the challenges researchers face is ensuring that GM mosquitoes can compete and mate with their wild counterparts so the...

A form of malaria parasite that has spread from howler monkeys to humans in Brazil has been identified by researchers, raising concerns for eradication of the disease in Brazil and beyond. Malaria was thought to have been eradicated from southern and south-eastern Brazil 50 years...

The camp opened for people displaced by the flood disaster in Makurdi town and its environs has been hit by malaria fever, fungal, respiratory and urinary tract infections, due to poor and inadequate toilet facilities. Cases of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders, PTSD, commonly...

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration Control (NAFDAC), says there are no “killer” Anti-Malarial medicines in Nigeria. Dr. Yetunde Oni, Acting Director-General, NAFDAC, made the disclosure at a news conference in Lagos on Tuesday. The meeting was...

Diagnosing malaria has been a very time-consuming and error-prone process up to now. Together with his Dutch colleague Jan van den Boogaart, Professor Oliver Hayden from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has now developed an automated rapid blood test that provides an...

A Professor of Entomology at the University of Ilorin, Adeolu Ande, has decried killing mosquitoes, saying the insects are friends to humans that deserved to be properly managed. Ande made the statement on Monday in Ilorin in a paper he presented at a public seminar organised by...

Prof. Catherine Falade, a malariaologist and expert in pharmacology and therapeutics, has cautioned Nigerians and community health officials against the use of Vitamin C and 7up in treating malaria. “Consuming Vitamin C and 7up is not the treatment for malaria; nobody needs...

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